NDLI: Sweet plasmonics: Sucrose macrocrystals of metal nanoparticles

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Author	Erdem, Talha Soran Erdem, Zeliha Hernandez Martinez, Pedro Ludwig Sharma, Vijay Kumar Akcali, Halil Akcali, Ibrahim Gaponik, Nikolai Eychmüller, Alexander Demir, Hilmi Volkan
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The realization of plasmonic structures generally necessitates expensive fabrication techniques, such as electron beam and focused ion beam lithography, allowing for the top-down fabrication of low-dimensional structures. Another approach to make plasmonic structures in a bottom-up fashion is colloidal synthesis, which is convenient for liquid-state applications or very thin solid films where aggregation problems are an important challenge. The architectures prepared using these methods are typically not robust enough for easy handling and convenient integration. Therefore, developing a new plasmonic robust platform having large-scale dimensions without adversely affecting the plasmonic features is in high demand. As a solution, here we present a new plasmonic composite structure consisting of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) incorporated into sucrose macrocrystals on a large scale, while preserving the plasmonic nature of the Au NPs and providing robustness in handling at the same time. As a proof of concept demonstration, we present the fluorescence enhancement of green CdTe quantum dots (QDs) via plasmonic coupling with these Au NPs in the sucrose crystals. The obtained composite material exhibits centimeter scale dimensions and the resulting quantum efficiency (QE) is enhanced via the interplay between the Au NPs and CdTe QDs by 58% (from 24% to 38%). Moreover, a shortening in the photoluminescence lifetime from 11.0 to 7.40 ns, which corresponds to a field enhancement factor of 2.4, is observed upon the introduction of Au NPs into the QD incorporated macrocrystals. These results suggest that such “sweet” plasmonic crystals are promising for large-scale robust platforms to embed plasmonic nanoparticles.
Starting Page	860
Ending Page	869
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19980124
Journal	Nano Research
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	19980000
Language	English
Publisher	Tsinghua University Press
Publisher Date	2014-09-20
Publisher Place	Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	plasmonics macrocrystals metal nanoparticles metal enhanced fluorescence colloidal quantum dots Nanotechnology Materials Science Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra Condensed Matter Physics Biotechnology Biomedicine general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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